Kate Beckinsale reveals she was sexually assaulted and branded ‘that c***’ on set as she details abuse in Hollywood amid Blake Lively lawsuit

Kate Beckinsale has revealed she was sexually assaulted by a crew member when she was a teenager. 

The actress, 51, took to Instagram on Monday to share a lengthy video detailing her harrowing experience in Hollywood, saying she was forced to do a photoshoot while bleeding after miscarriage and that an actor was ‘rough with her’ on a ‘toxic’ set. 

During the clip, Kate explained that she had been inspired to speak out because of Blake Lively’s lawsuit, insisting that the behaviour Blake alleges she experienced from co-star Justin Baldoni has been ‘going on forever’. 

Recounting one of her own tales, Kate shared: ‘I was actually, at the age of 18, felt up by somebody that I really trusted on a crew.

‘I went to the lead actress who is known for being a supporter of women and said this has happened and was told “no it didn’t”.

‘I went to another actress, crying,  and said “I’ve just been assaulted by this man” – again, “No, you haven’t been”. So this has just been going on forever.’

Kate Beckinsale revealed she was sexually assaulted and branded ‘that c***’ on set as she detailed the abuse she’s experienced in Hollywood in an Instagram video on Monday

During the clip, Kate explained that she had been inspired to speak out because of Blake Lively s lawsuit, insisting the behaviour Blake alleges she experienced has been ‘going on forever’

Kate continued: ‘What really annoys me is I see a lot of men going round saying “things were so different a while ago, the climate is so different and it’s so much better.” 

‘No it f***ing isn’t. And if you’re a woman and you have a legitimate complaint – somebody’s touching my boobs and calling me a c*** or calling me a b***h – you’re f***ed.’ 

Kate also revealed she was branded derogatory terms when she complained that she had to wait six hours for her ‘drunk co-star’ to turn up to work.

The Underworld star, who shares daughter Lily, 25, with her actor ex Michael Sheen, claimed: ‘I’ve been on a film where, by the end of it, I was referred to over walkie-talkies and to my face as “that c***” because I had said, “I’m finding it very difficult — my co-star is drunk every day.

“‘He’s obviously going through something and I have full sympathy for that, but I’m also waiting, as is the whole crew, six hours a day for him to learn his lines and it means I’m not getting to see my daughter in the evenings for the whole movie’.”

Alongside the long video, Kate stressed in her caption: ‘Everyone in EVERY industry should be taken seriously and not punished when something egregious happens to them at work.

‘And the difference, I suppose, in our industry is that it becomes something that is played out in the public sphere, and that can be very very hard to take , and because it is so public and so globally public, and very quickly becomes clickbait, it can also destroy someone’s livelihood, mental health and reputation and that can be very difficult to recover from …

‘I’m not trying to say “wah poor actresses we all have it so difficult”- but I think this is a problem that affects every industry, it’s just that it’s a little bit more visible in ours.’

Recounting one of her own tales, Kate shared: ‘I was actually, at the age of 18, felt up by somebody that I really trusted on a crew’ (pictured aged 17) 

Kate continued: ‘And I don’t want our younger generation of actresses to be facing all the same things as we all do and did , but they have it even worse because of social media and how that can be weaponised to a literally nuclear level, designed to eviscerate.

‘And it is very, very, very easy to foment hatred against actresses, as was seen in the transcripts of conversations full of repulsively between the publicists and crisis team involved in this case.

‘Complaining about abuse should not beget more abuse ,particularly at work where there should be inviolable safeguarding in place, and it should not be expected of women who have been harmed, insulted, hurt, shamed or in any other way abused (mostly with at least 100 witnesses )to have to be ‘one of the boys’ and take it on the chin or face retribution for having been abused in the first place.

‘I don’t want anybody ,male or female who has a legitimate complaint to then have that weaponised against them in any industry, anywhere, and I mention this in association with Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni because our industry makes things more visible due to the press and the public getting deliberately involved and led towards an opinion they don’t realise is deliberate .

‘There are far too many casualties of this, many of whom I know personally ,and it really falls to both men and women in our industry to be part of stamping this out for good. Also, yes, I am covered in cat hairs.’ 

Last week, Blake, 37, filed a legal complaint against Justin, 40, alleging he sexually harassed her on the set of their film before orchestrating a smear campaign against her with his publicists after she complained about his alleged behaviour. 

In Blake’s legal complaint – which typically predates a formal lawsuit – she accused Justin of sexually harassing her during production of the motion picture in multiple ways.

Blake said in the legal complaint that Justin had barged into her trailer as she was breastfeeding her child; spoke about his past addiction to adult films; spoke about past sexual experiences with non-consensual implications; and pried her about details of her ‘intimate life.’

Blake, 37, has filed a legal complaint against Justin Baldoni, 40, alleging he sexually harassed her on the set of their film before orchestrating a smear campaign against her (pictured in their movie, It Ends With Us

Blake’s legal team said in the complaint that Justin ‘routinely degraded [her] by finding back channel ways of criticising her body and weight.’

In response to Blake calling out the alleged behaviour, the actress claims that Justin hired a crisis PR team to engage in a ‘multi-tiered’ plan to ‘destroy’ her reputation after she and Ryan Reynolds, 48, complained of the ‘repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behavior’ on set. 

‘I hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted,’ Blake told The New York Times. 

Justin has denied all of the claims against him in Blake’s legal filing.